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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-1000379: Important: kernel security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 19, 2017
Added
Oct 19, 2017
Modified
May 25, 2023

Description

The Linux Kernel running on AMD64 systems will sometimes map the contents of PIE executable, the heap or ld.so to where the stack is mapped allowing attackers to more easily manipulate the stack. Linux Kernel version 4.11.5 is affected.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-kernelcentos-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

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